Calum Waddell is a British writer, documentary producer/ director and film critic.
His books include Minds of Fear, Taboo Breakers, Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film and "RoboCop: The Definitive History" and his work has been published in such magazines as Neo, Dreamwatch, Impact and Fangoria.
In addition, Waddell was an associate producer on the films The Collingswood Story and Brotherhood of Blood. He is credited as a co-writer and co-producer on the documentary American Grindhouse, which was directed by Elijah Drenner, it had its premiere as part of the South by Southwest Film Festival.
His own feature-length documentary, as director, Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever was released by UK company '88 Films. Waddell also runs High Rising Productions which has created numerous DVD extra features for Arrow Films and other home video labels.